Detour
Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: March 29, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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4
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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80
Paste MagazineScott WoldApr 3, 2018
Despite doubling as a plausibility-straining endorsement for the battery life of Apple’s iPhone, Dickerson’s claustrophobic survival thriller proves itself a technically proficient, expertly paced affair. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMar 28, 2013
At times the groan and scream of collapsing metal sounds so authentic you might mistake Jackson’s heavy breathing for your own. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMar 28, 2013
Detour is a tautly efficient thriller that fully succeeds in making the viewer identify with its hapless protagonist’s desperate plight. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlMar 26, 2013
The performance and filmmaking are invigorating. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubScott TobiasMar 27, 2013
Dickerson passes on the occasion for existential drama and goes for the race-against-the-clock urgency of an ordinary guy trying to crawl out of his predicament. It’s effective enough, but there isn’t much to it. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis HarveyMar 30, 2013
A moderately tense but also somewhat monotonous and overstretched exercise in claustrophobic suspense that doesn’t compare well to similar efforts like “Buried” and “127 Hours.” Read full review
50
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeMar 28, 2013
Detour does a fine job of giving drivers yet another reason to stress out, but that anxiety doesn’t extend to its hero’s fate. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineAlan JonesMar 25, 2013
In comparison to its superior predecessors, the film's redemption plot feels banal and slight. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMar 28, 2013
For all the ways Dickerson vigorously dramatizes the stages of solitary confinement — nervous humor, fear, rages, survival ingenuity (including a nifty breathing apparatus) — it's never enough to explain why this particular individual's story is worth telling. Read full review
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